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Niall is pronounced nye-al--something like Neil, but this Irish spelling of the name makes it much more current and cool.

This distinctive variation was chosen for their third daughter by the Eddie Murphys.

This strong single-syllable boys’ name has been finding favor with parents since the fifties, though it's been slipping in recent years; it fell out of the Top 500 for the first time since 1959 in 2015. Its main associations have been with the River Trent, whose name dates back to prehistoric times, and with former Mississippi Senator Trent (born Chester) Lott, and Trent Reznor (born Michael) of Nine Inch Nails.